Dispensing apparatus.



E. E. CLAUSSEN.

DISPENSING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 16. 1912.

Patented Jan. 6, 1914.

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DISPENSING APPARATUS.

APPLIUATIONIILED APR. 18, 1912.

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UNITED STATES PATENT .oFFIoE.

EDWARD E. cna'ussnupor HARTFORD, summer-room.

. DISPENSING Ariana-mus;

To all whom it may-cancer;

Be it known that I, EDWARD E. CLAUSSEN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Hartford, in the county of Hartford and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inDispensing Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to dispensing apparatus, amongt-he obj ects-ofthe invention being the provision of a simple and efiective article ofthis character which can .be inexpensively and readily made and whichmay be employed with advantage for receiving and delivering articles ofvarious kinds, although the same is shown in the drawings accompanyingand forming part of the present specification, as organized forcontain-.

skilled'in the art to practice the same will be set forth fully in thefollowing desorip-'- tion, while the novelty of the invention will beincluded in the claims succeeding said-description, from which it willbe clear that I .do not limit myself to such disclosure; I-may departtherefrom in several respects within the scope of the inventioncovered-in said claims.

Referring to said drawings: Figure 1 is a front elevation of the lowerportion of an apparatus involving my invention and showing the cover,or' front plate of the casing removed. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectionalview ofthe same, the section being taken from front to rear thereof.Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on the line 33 of Fig. 2 in the directionof the arrow, and, Fig. is an inside face view of coin-controlledmechanism and alsoshows in section a portion of a dispensing member.

Like characters refer to like parts throughout the several figures ofthe drawings.

As mtnnated apparatus involv ng my 1nvention may be employed withutility for dispensing articles of various kinds, and it preferablyincludes a container in which certain of the operative p: l'lZS and alsothe arm- Specification of Letters Patent."

Application filed April 18, 1912; Serial N o. 691,742.

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cles to be dispensed are inclosed. 'Inthe present lnstance thiscontainer consists of a casing or box as 5 and a tube as 6'. r singtherefrom, the former being generally made ofsheet metal and the latterof glass ascommon in this art, and as illustrated for example in LettersPatent.- No. 1,010,861 granted tome December 5, 1911. The tube 6 isprimanly adaptedto contain the articles to be vended and in the caseofdrinking cups,

suchicups are arranged in nested order in the tube 6, the lower portionof the stack extending intothe'box orcasing 5 through a hole 7 in thetopfthereof as shown best in Fig. 2.

As will hereinafterappear means are provided for sustaining, thestack'of cups and for also'eifecting the removal of the lowermost cupfromthe stack,'and when said low ermost cup is thus removed, it may asi1lustrated pass by gravity into a delivery memher which is shownconsisting of a chute 8 of approximately tubular form, the upper I endor mouth of which is below and practically coincident with the hole 7.As a mattion andas having a hand ho Ie 9 in its forward side. When thelowermost cup is separated from the stack, it falls into the chute -8and passes down the same onto the bot-- tom 10 of said chute whichconstitutes 'a ternporary support for the cup, and the hand I can bepassed through the opening 9 to obtain the cup on the shelf or support10, the

hole 9 being made sufiiciently large to permit the free passagetherethrough of a cup.- I provide means as Wlll now appear, forsupporting the stack and for also removing may as shown; consist of aslide such as that a cup from the stack, and these means form denoted ina general way by 11 and which in' the constructionillustrated has amovement in the casing or box 5 from front to rear thereof, the sidewalls of said box interiorly thereof .havingparallelways 12 forreceiving and guiding the slide '11 in its back and forth movement.

lower portion of the stack of cups. The side As shown the slide is of vskeleton or open construction so as to pro ride for the projectionth'erethrough of the" bars. of the slide 11 are shown providedwithinwardlyextending compleinental flanges 13,

extending approximately radially thereof from the upper edge to aboutthe center thereof, said slot beingsufliciently wide to freely receivethe free or downwardly extending branch of the arm 33, so that if a coinbe not introduced and the slide 28 be moved rearward the free ordownwardlyextending branch of the arm 33 on the rearward movement of theslide 28 will pass through said slot 34 without accomplishing anything.The'plate 30 to which I have already referred is provided with a lateralflange 35 constituting a temporary rest for the coin which is'introducedinto the machine through. the slot 36 in the top of the casing 23, saidslot being so positioned that on the introduction of a coin, it willfall onto the rest or support 35 and be in the path of movement of thefree branch of the arm and in-front of the disk-like head 26. It will beassumed that a coin is passed through the slot and that it is sustainedupon the rest or shelf 35 between the arm and the head 26 and that theparts are in their normalpositions. Therefore, when the slide 28 ismoved rearward through the operation of the knob or finger-piece 32, thecoin will be pressed by the arm 33 against the head 26 whereby the slide11 through the interposed coin, can be moved rearward to an extentsufficient to effect the removal of a cup in the manner alreadydescribed.

The slide 23 is shown having at its inner or rear end theinwardly-extending ear 37 against which one end of the coiled sp ng 38bears, the opposite end of said spring bearing against the rear wall ofthe auxiliary casing 23. hen the slide is moved rearward in i the mannerindicated, this spring is compressed, so that when the hand isdisengaged from the knob 32, thespring 38 will return the slide 28 toits original po-- sition. The terminal portions of the spring "38encircle pins as 39 on the lug 37 and casing 23 respectively, whichprovide a simple means for holding said spring in place.

Fastened to the top of the auxiliary casing 23 is a plate 40 having nearits forward portion in the under side the cam surface 41,

and this plate or cam as the head 26 moves rearward is adapted to extendthrough the slot or notch 34, so that the cam face 41 will thereby movethe coin downward, for a reason that will now appear.

A yield'able detent or stop such as the spring 42 is shown, the shank orbutt of said spring being fastened to therest or shelf 35, the innerportion of which is curved downward.- as at 4:3 to conform approximatelyto the curve of the cam face i1. As

the head 26 and slide 28 are moved forward a in the direction indicatedcarrying with and 1 between them the coin, said coin will travel face 41said coin will be lowered thereby bending or flexing the spring 42 andthe instant that the coin passes out of contact with the spring, thelatter resumes its orig-' inal position and in doing so moves to thefront of the coin, and hence whenany attempt is made to withdraw theparts the coin will be positively dislodged, so that heating 'o fthemachine by moving the slide 31 back and forth is not possible.

.along the spring 43, and owing to the cam The casing 23 is Providd W hdammit:

which covers the forward portion of the slot 23 whereby when the slide28 is moved rearward, a knife or the like cannot be passed through saidslot to efiect the removal of the cups.

What I claim is:

1. A dispensing apparatus comprising a container fora stack of nesteddrinking' cups, and a slidable member provided with primary andsecondary supporting means,

the primary supporting means being adapted to support the stack whensaid member is in normal position and the'secondary supporting meansbeing adapted to support the stack at a higher point when said slidablemember is shifted, said slidable member being provided with means forpositively removing allower cup approximately at the time the stack isfreed by said primary supporting means. v I f 2. A dispensing apparatuscomprising a container for a stack of nested drinking cups, and aslidable member provided with primary and secondary supporting means,the primary supporting means being adapted to support the stack whensaid member is in normal position, and the secondary supporting meansbeing adapted to support the tion and the secondary supporting meansbeing adapted to support the slide at a. higher point when said slide isshifted, said slide having cup removing means active when the stack isfreed by said primary supporting means.

4. A dispensing apparatus comprising a container for a stack of nesteddrinking cups, and a slide provided with rimary and secondary supportingmeans, t e primary supporting means being adapted to support the stackwhen said slide is in normal posi: tion and the secondary supportingmeans being adapted to support the slide at a higher point when saidslide is shifted, said slide having cam cup removing means active whenthe stack is freed by said primary supporting means. i

5. A dispensing apparatus comprising a container for a stack of nesteddrinking cups, and a slide provided with two sets of flanges,'t=heactive portions ofwhich are in superposed planes, one set of flangesclonstituting primary supporting means and the other set of flangesconstituting secondary supporting means, the primary supporting meansbeing adapted to support the stack when said slide is in normalposition, and

the secondary supporting means being adapted to support the stack at ahigher point when the slide is shifted, the flanges which constitute thesecondary supporting means being provided with cams for withdrawing thelowermost eup on the movement of the slide after the stack has beenreleased by the primary supporting means.

6. In a vending machine, the combination of means for supporting a stackof drinking with an opening throughwhich t e stack extends and alsoprovided with means for positively separating the lowermost portion ofthe stack from the remainder thereofv on the forward movement of saidslide.

1 cups, and a spring retracted slide rovided

